Top Dollar

The Top Dollar is a gold mine located in Alaska.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Top Dollar  

State:  Alaska

County:  na

Elevation:

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 65.443, -144.75600

Map: View on Google Maps

Satelite View

MRDS mine locations are often very general, and in some cases are incorrect. Some mine remains have been covered or removed by modern industrial activity or by development of things like housing. The satellite view offers a quick glimpse as to whether the MRDS location corresponds to visible mine remains.


Satelite image of the Top Dollar

Top Dollar MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Top Dollar


Commodity

Primary: Gold


Location

State: Alaska
District: Circle


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Alteration Text: Silicification, quartz-sericite, chlorite, and iron-oxides.


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Arsenopyrite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Unpublished data, Spectrum Resources, Inc.

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Surface samples taken (D.D. Adams, written commun., 1998).

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = The Top Dollar (TD) claims are situated in the Paleozoic metamorphic rocks intruded by Cretaceous to Tertiary granitic rocks that constitute part of the Yukon-Tanana Uplands metamorphic terrane. The region is transected by regional-scale, northeast-trending shear zones and northeast-trending mafic dikes. Gold mineralization has been observed in the form of gold-arsenopyrite-quartz veins and stockwork zones in host rocks consisting of massive, hornfelsed, micaceous quartzite and schist. The zones are near to the intrusive contact of the Cretaceous 'Two Bit' granite pluton, possibly in mineralized pendants above the pluton. Rock grab samples contain up to 14 ppm gold, highly anomalous arsenic and antimony, and variably anomalous bismuth and base metals (D.D. Adams, written commun., 1998).

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Gold-arsenopyrite veins in hornfels and schist.

Comment (Exploration): Status = Active


References

Not available


The Top Ten Gold Producing States

The Top Ten Gold Producing States

These ten states contributed the most to the gold production that built the West from 1848 through the 1930s. The Top Ten Gold Producing States.